Sunday, April 27, 2014

sail away...

A while ago, I pinned this hoodie from Scotch and Soda. I love their clothes, but their prices? Not so much. The sweater shown here costs a whopping 89,95 Euros!

My inspiration: a Scotch Shrunk hoodie

I figured I could create something similar myself, for a fraction of the price! So I bought a yard of navy striped knit, and dipped it into a dye bath. It took some experimenting to get it right, but in the end, I'm satisfied with the result.

Then it was just a matter of sewing up the sweater. I used a basic shirt pattern from Ottobre (size 122), and added an overlapping, shawl-like collar.

To create this collar, I cut the neckline about two centimeter (1 inch) wider than the pattern prescribed. The collar was a strip of approximately 70 cm (28 inch) long and 8 cm (3 inch) wide, tapering off at the ends, which I then sewed to the neckline.

The bright orange drawstring gives a nice pop of color.

So does the topstitching on the elbow pads.

So, there it is. A real Scotch and Soda knockoff for about 10% of their price!

Hi Maarikami, thanks for your comment. I love it too! And so does my kiddo. I don't remember which Ottobre pattern this was. But it was just a basic shirt pattern, to which I added a self-drafted collar. I added a small description in my blogpost. Hope this is clear enough.

Love this! I found your blog today, googling boys clothes sewing! :) I have two boys & a girl - glad to see more interesting boys' sewing out there.

If I recall, one issue of Ottobre actually has a very similar sweatshirt? I can't remember which issue. I think it was fleece or something soft, a very long sweatshirt with either a hood or cowl style, and they dyed an ombre from white to blue, AFTER sewing! Off to go hunt through my Ottobres!

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I'm Saskia, scientist by day, seamstress by night. I live in the Netherlands and love to sew cool and comfortable clothes for my three kids. One day I might start sewing for myself too...